With over 250 photos and informative text, Bondi to the Opera House captures the colour and life of Sydney during the 80 years when trams were part and parcel of living in the city. Whether you recall travelling by tram or you are interested to see how Sydney has changed between the tram era and today, you will find it fascinating.
Sydney's tram system was once one of the world's largest, extending from Narrabeen in the north to La Perouse in the south, from Bondi in the east to Ryde in the west. Isolated steam-operated lines served other outlying districts.
"Here is a book of almost 300 wonderful photos and word pictures that brings to life a transport system, still vivid in our memories, that had close on 300 kilometres of line serving city and more than 70 suburbs of a huge metropolis. Carrying over a million people every weekday, the tram car played a significant part in Sydneysiders' daily lives.
The book makes a prized gift for friend, relative - or oneself. It enables the reader to savour a multitude of urban gems along the former tram routes of Sydney's changed and changing landscape."
- David Burke OAM
Below is a selection of photos additional to those in Bondi to the Opera House which bring back memories of the days when trams were a vital part of Sydney's transport. See many more photos like these in the book.
All photos are copyright. If you wish to reproduce, store or transmit any of these photos, you must obtain prior written permission from the Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division.
Purchase Bondi to the Opera House through the Australian Railway Historical Society. Visit the ARHSnsw Bookshop at Central Station, call (02) 9379 6633, or order online at ARHSnsw. Recommended retail price: $39.95.
ISBN 9780980772135
Bondi to the Opera House is also available from the Sydney Tramway Museum
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